with Steve Fruitman
#277
May 27, 2019
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Hour One1. Mack: In The Limelight (A Deguire) 1975 *
2. The Bookmen: High Fashion Swinger (Dave Bookman / Tim Mech) 1987 *
3. The Phantoms: Target (Phantoms) 1990 *
4. David Wilcox: Mow ‘Em Down (D Wilcox) 1983 *
5. Selina Martin: Public Safety Management (S Martin) 2010 *
6. Bruce Cockburn: People See Through You (B Cockburn) 1985 *
7. Squeeze: It’s Not Cricket (Glen Tilbrook / Chris Difford) 1979
8. Gary Numan & Tubeway Army: Praying To Aliens (Gary Numan) 1979
9. Richard Knechtel: Lonesome Traveller (R Knechtel) 1980 *
10. Blondie: Accidents Never Happen (Jimmy Destri) 1979
11. Steely Dan: Bodhisattva (Walter Becker / Donald Fegan) 1973
12. Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen: The Boogie Man Boogie (M Richards / Billy C Farlow / G Frayne / John Tichy) 1975
13. Paul Butterfield Blues Band: Too Many Drivers (Andrew Hogg) 1973Hour Two
1. Otis Redding: Can’t Turn You Loose (Redding) / Pain In My Heart (Naomi Neville) 1968
2. Millie Small: My Boy Lollipop (Johnny Roberts / Robert Spencer) 1964
3. The Heptones: Fattie Fattie (Leroy Sibbles) 1968
4. UB40: Folitition (UB40) 1984
5. Jimmy Brown: Decimal Currency (Jimmy Brown) *
6. Peter Tosh: The Day The Dollar Die (P Tosh) 1979
7. Sid Lovejoy: Fussin’ And Fighting (S Lovejoy) 1982 *
8. Hopeton Lewis: Come Together (Lewis) 1972
9. Larry Williams: High School Dance (S Bono / V Olivia) 1957
10. Lee “Scratch” Perry: Finger Mash (L Perry) 1974
11. Leroy Sibbles: Love In The Morning (Sibbles) 1982 *
12. Kid King’s Combo: Banana Split (KKC) 1953CanCon = 40%
Hour One
And Now for The Particulars:1. Mack: In The Limelight (A Deguire)
Rock & Becs: Zodiaque Records ZOX-6021
Montreal QC
André Deguire: guitars, claviers, percussion
Luc Giroux: bass, percussion
Nicky Catalano: drums
Produced by Mack, 1975
Recorded by Billy Szawiowski at Tempos Studios, MontrealRIP Dave Bookman 1960 - 2019
2. The Bookmen: High Fashion Swingers (Dave Bookman / Tim Mech)
Volume One: Delicatessen: Chapter Records – CR001
Toronto ON
Dave Bookman: vocals
Tim Mech: guitars
Produced by Rob Sanzo, 1987
Recorded by Rob Sanzo at The Pit, Ottawa ONBookman began his radio career at CIUT hosting High and Outside in 1989 before moving on to CFNY and later, Indie88. This was his only Bookmen LP; Volume Two was never made.
3. The Phantoms: Target (The Phantoms)
Pleasure Puppets: Spy Records 1006
Ottawa / Toronto ON
Jerome Godbo: bass, lead vocal
Ben Richardson: bass, bg vocals
Joe Toole: guitar
Gregory Ray Tunis: drums, bg vocal
Produced by The Phantoms, 1990The first of only two albums this Ottawa band recorded in the early 90s for A&M.
4. David Wilcox: Mow ‘Em Down (D Wilcox)
My Eyes Keep Me In Trouble: Capitol Records 6000 Series ST 6503
Toronto ON
David Wilcox: guitar, vocals
Produced by Sadio, 1983
Mastered at Lacquer Channel, TorontoDavid Karl William Wilcox (born July 13, 1949) Montreal
Began his career Yorkville late 60s in The Gangrene Boys w Rick Fielding & Andy Hermant before being inducted to replace Amos Garrett in Great Speckled Bird. Began his solo career with The Teddy Bears mid 70s & released a slew of albums
5. Selina Martin: Public Safety Management (S Martin)
Disaster Fantasies: SELMALP0008
Ottawa Valley / Toronto ON
Selina Martin: vocals, guiars, bass, musical saw, wine glasses, organ
Chris Stringer: guitars, bass, synth, Wurlitzer, mini-moog, percussion
Annelise Noronha: guitars, accordion
Doug Friesen: bass, trombone
Josh Van Tassel: drums
Jack Breakfast: piano
Laura Barrett: kalimba
Produced by Chris Stringer - 2010
Recorded by Chris Stringer at The Lincoln County Social Club, Toronto
Mastered by Joao Carvalho at Joao Carlvalho Mastering, Toronto6. Bruce Cockburn: People See Through You (B Cockburn) 1985 *
World Of Wonders: True North Records TN 66
Ottawa ON
Bruce Cockburn: guitars, vocal
Judy Cade: bg vocal
Jon Goldsmith: keys
Fergus Jemison Marsh: bass, stick
Hugh Marsh: violin
Chi Sharpe: percussion
Mike Sloski: drums
Michael Alan White: horns
Produced by Jon Goldsmith and Kerry Crawford, 1986
Recorded by John Naslen at Manta Sound, Toronto
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisc, NYC7. Squeeze: It’s Not Cricket (Glen Tilbrook / Chris Difford)
Cool For Cats: A&M Records SP 4759
London UK
Glenn Tilbrook: composer, digital remastering, lead guitar, keyboards, vocals
Chris Difford: composer, guitar, rhythm guitar, vocals
Jools Holland: keyboards, vocals
Harri Kakoulli: bass
Gilson Lavis: drums
Produced by John Wood & Squeeze, 1979
Recorded by Brian Humphries & Andrew Lumm at Olympic Studios & Britannia Row Studios, London 19788. Gary Numan & Tubeway Army: Praying To Aliens (Gary Numan)
Replicas: Beggar’s Banquet Records BEGA 7
London UK
Gary Numan: keyboards, guitars, vocals, producer, mixing
Paul Gardiner: bass guitar
Jess Lidyard: drums
Produced by Gary Numan
Recorded at Gooseberry Studios (London), Dec 1978-Jan 1979
Released: April 19799. Richard Knechtel: Lonesome Traveller (Richard Knechtel)
Musician at Large: Greentree Music GT-3
Walkerton ON
Richard Knechtel: guitar, vocal, straight harp
Willie P Bennett: chromatic and cross-harp
Pee Wee Charles: dobro
Murry Gliick: drums
Gordie Ogilvie: bass
Dave Scott: electric guitar
Produced by Richard Knechtel and JOP, 1980
Recorded at JB Sound, Hamilton by Walt Maynard, Richard Knechtel and John Boyd
Mastered at MAMF by Alan Moy10. Blondie: Accidents Never Happen (Jimmy Destri)
Eat To The Beat: Chrysalis Records CHE-1225
NYC
Deborah Harry: lead vocals
Chris Stein: guitar
Frank Infante: guitar
Jimmy Destri: keyboards
Nigel Harrison: bass
Clem Burke: drums
Lorna Luft: background vocals
Produced by Mike Chapman, 1979
Recorded at the Power Station, Electric Lady Studios and Media Sound, New York in 197911. Steely Dan: Bodhisattva (Walter Becker / Donald Fegan)
Greatest Hits: abc Records 2022-1107
NYC
Donald Fagen: acoustic and electric pianos, synthesizer, lead and backing vocals
Walter Becker: electric bass, harmonica, backing vocals
Denny Dias: electric guitar, mixing
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter: electric and pedal steel guitars
Jim Hodder: drums, percussion, backing vocals
Produced by Gary Katz, 1973
Recorded by Roger Nichols at Caribou Ranch in Nederland and The Village Recorder, West Los Angeles
Released July 1973
Compilation released 1978
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Masterdisc, NYCInterestingly, this was a parody song about the way in which Westerners tended to look at Eastern philosophies in the early 70s.
12. Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen: The Boogie Man Boogie (M Richards / Billy C Farlow / G Frayne / John Tichy)
Commander Cody & Lost Planet Airmen: Warner Brothers Records BS 2847
Chicago ILL
Lance Dickerson: drums, vocals
Paul Bruce Barlow: bass, vocals
Bill Kirchen: lead guitar, vocals
John Tichy: ryhthm guitar, vocals
Andy Stein: fiddle, sax
Ernie Hagar: peddle steel
George Frayne IV (Commander Cody): piano, vocals
Billy C Farlow: lead vocal, harmonica
Produced by John Boylan, 1975
Recorded at Record Plant, Sausalito CA Sept-Oct 1974 by Paul Grupp
Mastered by Wally Traugott at Capitol Records, LA13. Paul Butterfield Better Days: Too Many Drivers (Andrew Hogg)
It All Comes Back: Bearsville Records BR 2170
Chicago IL
Paul Butterfield: vocal, harmonica
Amos Garrett: guitar
Howard Johnson: horns
Billy Rich: bass
Christopher Parker: drums
Produced by Geoff Muldaur and Paul Butterfield, 1973
Recorded by Nick Jameson
Mastered by Bob LudwigPaul Vaughn Butterfield (December 17, 1942 – May 4, 1987)
Hour Two
1. Otis Redding: Can’t Turn You Loose (Redding) / Pain In My Heart (Naomi Neville)
Otis Redding In Person At The Whisky A Go Go: Atco Records SD 37-265
Dawson, Georgia
Otis Redding: vocals
Katie Webster: keyboards, piano
James Young: guitar
Ralph Stewart: bass guitar
Elbert Woodson: drums
Sammy Coleman, John Farris: trumpet
Clarence Johnson: trombone
Robert Holloway, Donald Henry, Robert Pittman: tenor saxophone
Produced by Nesuhi Ertegun
Recorded 8–10 April 1966 live at the Whisky A Go Go, Los Angeles, April 1966
Released October 1968Otis Ray Redding, Jr. b Dawson, Georgia Sept 9, 1941 / d Dec 10, 1967 (26) Madison, Wisconsin
This was a 5 song, 7 inch, 33 rpm Little LP (LLP) that was taken from the full LP which was released in 1968, a year afte Otis died. Just an amazing powerful performance and he was only 25!
2. Millie Small: My Boy Lollipop (Johnny Roberts / Robert Spencer)
45 single bw Something’s Gotta Be Done: Mercury Records S-1893X
Gibraltar, Jamaica
Millie Small: vocal
Ernest Ranglin: music director
Produced by Chris Blackwell, 1964Millicent Dolly May Small 6 October 1946 (age 69) Gibraltar, Clarendon, Jamaica
Won the Verve Johns Opportunity Hour talent contest at the age of twelve. Began recording in Jamaica 1962 which brought her to the attention of Chris Blackwell who became her manager and legal guardian, who in late 1963 took her to London, where she was given intensive training in dancing and diction. There she made her fourth recording, an Ernest Ranglin rearrangement of "My Boy Lollipop" It was the first major hit for Island Records (although it was actually released on the Fontana label because Chris Blackwell, Island's owner, did not want to overextend its then-meager resources).
This is ska which eventually lead into the Rocksteady style which eventually transformed into Reggae. Even at this quick pace, the guitarist accents the off-beat which became the sound of the people. Rocksteady was a form that originated in Jamaica around 1966. The term was coined from an Alton Ellis song called Rocksteady which featured a slower dance style of ska which was transformed into Reggae music. This happened in the late 60s after two key musical arrangers moved to Canada: Jackie Mittoo (of the Skatalites) and Lynn Taitt to work in more modern recording studios. That’s where they developed to recording techniques incorporating electric organ and horns into the music. Taitt became the arranger for Toronto based band The West Indian Federated Club and helped develop the reggae sound.
3. The Heptones: Fattie Fattie (Leroy Sibbles)
45 single bw Fattie dub version: CoxSone Records (no serial)
Kingston, Jamaica
Leroy Sibbles: guitar
Barry Llewellyn:
Naggo Morris:
Produced by Coxsone Dodd, 1968
Recorded at Studio One, Kingston by Coxsone DoddReally the last of the rocksteady bands, these guys lasted until 1978 when Sibbles quit the band to concentrate on a solo career. But everybody loved this band! Contemporaries of The Wailers and The Maytels, they were every bit as good. Besides having a good career, they also worked as studio musicians for some pretty famous people. They recorded two albums for Island Records before the end.
4. UB40: Folitition (UB40)
45 single: DEP International: 7DEP3 New Claims / ATV
Birmingham UK
Astro: vocal, trumpet
Jim Brown: vocal, drums
Ali Campbell: lead vocal, guitar
Robin Campbell: vocal, guitar
Earl Falconer: bass
Norman Hassan: trombone, synth-drums
Brian Travers: alto tenor sax
Michael Virtue: keys
Produced by UB40 and Ray Falconer, 1982
Recorded at Music Center, Wembley by Pete Wandless and Neil Black5. Jimmy Brown: Decimal Currency (Jimmy Brown)
45 single bw dub version: Duke Reid Records JNR Canada DRJ-296
Toronto
Jimmy Brown: vocal
Produced by Duke Reid, circa 1975Very little can be found about Brown online. But one thing for certain is that he isn’t the same Jim Brown who played drums for UB40.
6. Peter Tosh: The Day The Dollar Die (Peter Tosh)
Mystic Man: Rolling Stones Records QCOC 39111
Grange Hill, Jamaica
Peter Tosh: vocals, guitar, keys
Robbie Shakespeare: bass, guitar
Sly Dunbar: drums
Mikey Chung: keys, guitar, percussion
Robby Lyn: organ, piano
Ed Walsh: synth
George Young: sax, flute
Lou Marini: sax, flute
Howard Johnson: baritone sax
Barry Rogers: trombone
Mike Lawrence: trumpet
Gwen Guthrie, Yvonne Lewis, Brenda White: bg vocals
Produced by Peter Tosh, 1979
Recorded by Geoffrey Chung at Dynamic Sound, Kingston JM
Mixed by Geoffrey Chung at Sound Mixers, NYC
Mastered by Dennis King at Atlantic Studios, NYC19 October 1944 Grange Hill, Jamaica - 11 September 1987(aged 42) Westmoreland, Jamaica
7. Sid Lovejoy: Fussin’ And Fighting (S Lovejoy)
Jah Jah Knows: L.M.P. Records SL2701
Toronto
Sid Lovejoy: vocal
Lloyd Parks: bass
Chinna: lead guitar
Bobby Ellis: trumpet
Dean Fraser: sax
Bungo Herman: percussion
The Gaylads: back up vocals
We The People Band: rhythm
Paul Zaza: strings
Produced by Sid Lovejoy, 1982
Recorded at Harry J Studio
Mixed at Harry J Studio and Channel One Studio, Kingston JamaicaLovejoy, a musician and welder, ran Lovejoy Music Productions on Bathurst St in Toronto which was a record store, label and recording studio. He’s known as the producer of another Toronto-based reggae artist Rothadam aka E Gayle Rothadam’s single Rebel.
8. Hopeton Lewis: Come Together (Lewis)
45 single bw Going Back To My Home Town: Dynamic Records DYN 436
Kingston Jamaica
Hopeton Lewis: vocals
Produced by Dynamic Sounds, 1972Hopeton Lewis b. Kingston Jamaica Oct 3, 1947 / d. Sept 4, 2014 Brooklyn NY (66)
Hopeton is credited with having recorded one of the first rocksteady records. He also recorded the first known reggae song about weed: Cool Collie.
9. Larry Williams: High School Dance (S Bono / V Olivia)
45 single bw Short Fat Annie: Specialty Records 608
New Orleans LA
Larry Williams: vocal
Jesse James Jones: tenor sax
Rene Hall: guitar
Ted Brinson: bass
Leon M Silby: piano
Earl Palmer: drums
Produced 1957Lawrence Eugene Williams b. New Orleans LA May 10, 1935 / d. Jan 7, 1980 (44) Los Angeles
For a couple of years, starting in 1957, Williams had several hit songs which greatly influenced John Lennon and The Beatles. Songs like Bony Moronie, Slow Down, Dizzy Miss Lizzy, Bad Boy, She Said Yeah etc. He was recruited by Specialty Records after their main star, Little Richard, quit music to become a minister. Williams was to be his replacement. His career was derailed after he was convicted on a drug charge.
High School Dance, co-written by Sonny Bono, was actually released as the B side of the single featuring Short Fat Annie. Note: The Beatles rehearsed Short Fat Annie during the filming of Let It Be. It was also covered by Billy Preston, Johnny Winter and Frankie Avalon. It was a favourite of Levon Helm.
10. Lee “Scratch” Perry: Finger Mash (L Perry)
45 single bw Dub The Music: Big Hit! Records ML-4422
Kingston, Jamaica / UK
Lee Perry: vocals
Produced by Lee Perry, 1974
Recorded at The Black Ark Studio, Kingston, JamaicaRainford Hugh Perry b. Kendal, Jamaica March 20, 1936
One of the original Dub Masters, Perry is credited with inventing the genre. He worked with Bob Marley, Beastie Boys, the Heptones, The Clash, amongst others. He began as an apprentice at Coxsone’s Studio One. By 1968 he founded his own label, Upsetter Records where he developed sampling. After moving to the UK in the 80s, he helped produce reggae influenced records which lead to winning a Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album in 2003.
11. Leroy Sibbles w Nicodemus: Love In The Morning (Sibbles)
12 inch single bw Dub in the Morning: Micron Music Canada 0043
Kingston, Jamaica / Toronto
Leroy Sibbles: guitar, vocals
Nicodemus: vocals
Produced by Leroy Sibbles, 1982Leroy Sibbles b. Kingston, Jamaica Jan 29, 1949
Nicodemus aka Cecil Wellington b. 1957 / d. NYC 1996After serving in the Heptones (as lead vocalist), he became one of the pillars of Reggae having worked beside Clement “Coxsone” Dodd at Studio One in Jamaica, from 1965, and as a bass player in recording sessions. Sibbles moved to Toronto in 1973 where he lived for 20 years. During his time in Toronto, where he played regularly at Edgertons, he recorded several albums and won a Juno Award for Best Reggae album in 1987. In Toronto he formed a supergroup called Dance Appeal which included hip-hop artists such as Dream Warriors, Michie Mee, Lillian Allan, Messenjah, Lorraine Segato and others.
12. Kid King’s Combo: Banana Split (KKC) 1953
45 single bw Skip’s Boogie: Excello Records 2009
Nashville TN
Lee Arthur “Kid” King: drums
‘Skippy’ Edward Brooks: piano
Freddy Young: sax
Clifford McCray: upright bass
Produced by Ernie Young, 1953
Recorded at The Record Mart, Third Floor
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